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Why all pastors and other religious workers benefit from professional supervision
Supervision interrupts practice. It wakes us up to what we are doing . . . The supervisory voice acts as an irritator, interrupting repetitive stories (comfort stories) and facilitating the creation of new stories. – Sheila Ryan All pastors, missionaries, and other...
How to read the Bible and hear God’s voice
I love reading. And being a parent of three daughters has further convinced me of the value of reading. When my girls were little, my favorite time of the day was reading time with them, just before they went to bed. In the mid 1990s I discovered the art of "spiritual...
Mapping Missional Conversations: Part 1: Western Voices
Mapping Missional Conversations Part 1: Western Voices This is a two-part map of the missional terrain. Part 1 focuses on Western authors. Part 2 focuses on Majority World (which some call Third World), indigenous, First Nations, and diaspora (immigrant) voices....
Caribbean Christian Theology: A Bibliography
Caribbean Christian Theology: A Bibliography By Juliany González Nieves Recently, I found myself among a group of Puerto Rican seminarians, who are studying and doing ministry in the “isla grande.”[1] They had come together to take a summer course on...
Integral Mission and Ministry – “Whole Gospel, Whole Church, Whole World, Whole Life”
Prelude to this Series: Five Integrated Approaches Transforming World Christianity and Our Mission, Theology, and Ministry – Polycentric, Integral, Pentecostal, Polyvocal, and Intercultural (P.I.P.P.I.) Welcome to exploring Christian mission and ministry, invigorated...
4 Ways to Recover Life in the Power of the Spirit and the Word
Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.” (Matthew 22:29). Spirit baptism has been a defining experience in my discipleship to Jesus Christ. I remember the night well. I was sixteen, angry, wounded, and insecure. I...
15 reasons why you should go to Bible and theological college or seminary
I chose to go to Bible and theological college in my late twenties. (In Australia, we tend to call seminaries theological colleges). I’d spent close to 10 years serving with a church planting team and felt that I needed further equipping for ministry. I also wanted to...
6 Findings on What Pastors Value in Ministry Training
“To lead with courage and pastoral wisdom in the twenty-first century requires ministers to make a transition from simply imagining ministry to embodying pastoral imagination.” Recently, some colleagues and I read the Auburn Report on “Learning Pastoral Imagination.”...
GlobalChurch Book & Website Launch
Come along to the launch of The GlobalChurch Project website, and the launch of Graham Hill’s new book GlobalChurch: Reshaping Our Conversations, Renewing Our Mission, Revitalizing Our Church. The launch will include a keynote message by Dr Jayakumar Christian of...
Where is God when it hurts? Why does God allow suffering?
“We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ‘Blessed are they that mourn,’ and I accept it. I’ve got nothing that I hadn’t bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality,...
Augustine’s Influence on Calvin, Luther, and Zwingli
Augustine was the most important patristic source for the Reformation. In the centuries prior to the Reformation there was an "Augustinian Renaissance". Here I reflect on the impact Augustine had on Calvin, Luther, and Zwingli, in the areas of grace and salvation, the...
글로벌 교회 : 다수세계, 원주민 & 디아스포라 기독교에서 배우기
다수 세계, 원주민과 디아스포라 교회는 21세기 기독교를 재정립하고 있다. 서구 기독교인 우리들은 이 현상에 대해 어떻게 반응해야 하는지 결정해야 할 때가 온 것이다.[1]스티븐 베반스는 다음과 같이 말했다,[2]우리는 현재 대다수의 제3세계 출신의 기독교인들이 살고 있는“세계교회”에 살고 있다. 데이비드 배럿(DavidBarrett)의 통계연구에 따르면 이러한 변화가 확인되었으며, 필립 제 키 니슨(Philippe Jenkins)는 2025년까지 세계 전체 기독교인의...
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